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APHG BEAST #SAVAGE

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Term
Definition
Population Density   Measure of population per area  
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Demographic Regions   Areas designated by the government  
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Population Distribution   The distribution of the Government  
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Natality   Birth Rate  
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Mortality   Death Rate  
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Population Explosion   The exponential growth of population  
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Zero Population Growth (ZPG)/ Stationary Population level   When the population has no growth  
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Age Distribution   The distribution of age in a population  
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Population Pyramid/ Age-sex Pyrimid   A graph representing the distribution of age/sex in a population  
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Cohort   People who share a particular event together  
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Sex Ratio   The ratio of males and females in a population  
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Gendered space   Areas or regions designed for men or women  
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Standard of living   Level of wealth, comfort, and goods available at a certain geographic area  
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Infant mortality rate   The rate of infant deaths in an area  
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Diffusion of fertility control   The spread of birth control in an area  
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Disease Diffusion   The way and speed that a disease spreads  
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Maladaptation   A trait that has become more harmful than helpful  
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Sustainability   The endurance of systems and processes  
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Demographic equation(change)   The population increase or decrease plus or minus the amount of migration to an area  
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Dependency Ratio   Used to measure the amount of economic pressure on the working population  
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Rate of natural increase   Crude birth rate minus the crude death rate  
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Doubling time   The time it takes for the population to double  
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J-curve   When a population shows an exponential growth  
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S-curve   When a population shows a up and down wavy growth  
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Ecumene   Term used to mean Inhabited land  
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Overpopulation   The size of a population where it cannot support itself  
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Underpopulation   Having a population that is lower than desirable  
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Carrying capacity   The max population that an area or region can support  
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Population projection   The prediction of population growth  
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Demographic momentum   The tendency for a growing population to keep growing.  
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